Overview of the consortia managed by the Centre for Business Innovation as of July 2013

1. Dear«FirstName»
As a valued contact during 2011, allow me to share with you the 2012 New Year Briefing from the Centre for
Business Innovation (CfBI).
Regards,
Peter Hewkin– Founder
Headlines
Soon entering its fourth year and now reaching out beyond its Cambridge/European homeland, CfBI has
ambitious plans to grow the scope and impact of itsconsortia delivering“collaborative advantage” to the world‟s
best companies;
Microfluidics consortium (MF-3) arrives in the USA in 2012, hosted by Johnson and Johnson
New Nano-Carbon-Enabled-Materials Consortium (NCEM-1) to launch in Spring 2012
Open Innovation Practitioners‟ consortium (OI-3) achieves new heights with member guided focus on Health and
Wellness and New Media
Inclusive Design consortium (ID-2) helps top companies with iconic designs suited to changing consumer
demography;
New consortia in Flow Chemistry. New Media and Corporate Venturingplanned for autumn 2012.
Open Innovation Practitioners OI-3
OI-3 Corporate Open Innovation practitioners from leading
organizationsincluding Deutsche Telekom; Friesland Campina; Coloplast;
Google; Medimmune; Glaxo SmithKline; Scottish Enterprise, Tetra Pak, NHS
Innovation, University of Bristol & University of Cambridge have elected to
work together in the OI-3 consortium on: OI for Health and Wellness; New
Alliances and IP Agreements for OI as well as OI in New Media and Data
Intensive Industries. Members benefit from benchmarking (both formal and
informal); testing and extending the boundaries of classic OI thinking as well
as engaging with key stakeholders such as WIPO, the European Commission
and top academics in a confidential environment. A new cycle OI4 will begin
in October 2012.
“The OI Consortium has provided a unique forum of experts with whom one can discuss key issues around innovation
management, learn from the experience of peers across a variety of industries, establish extremely valuable networks for crosscompany benchmark. The efficient way in which meetings are structured has allowed a very effective use of the face-to-face
time, as well as great flexibility in steering the discussions according to the topics of interest that may emerge”
Claudio Marinelli - Nokia
Contact: peter.hewkin@cfbi.com
Nano Carbon Enhanced Materials NCEM-1
Following through on the research promise of nano-carbon in
forms such as Graphene and Nano-Tubes the NCEM-1
consortium will support commercial uptake by facilitating sharing
in areas which are best addressed collectively such as: Design
of Supply Chain; Stratification of Product Grades; Interconnects,
Interaction with Regulators and Market Scenario Planning. It will
work closely with research projects such as “Graphene Flagship” but not require its members to enter IP agreements or share
proprietary “how to” knowledge.Key areas of application include: Improved electrical conductors; composite materials; electronic

2. devices, super-capacitors, batteries and extreme printed electronics. The consortium will launch in Spring 2012.
Contact: Bojan.Boskovic@cfbi.com
Microfluidics MF-3
Now in its third year and with the mission to grow the market for microfluidic (aka
“Lab on a Chip”) enabled solutions in areas such as research, diagnostics, high
throughput screening and sensing of circulating tumour cells. The MF3 consortium
brings together players from all along the value chain in a trusting, confidential
environment to find win-wins, engage with industry influencers such as NICE and
the Patent Offices as well as funding organisations ..and do some deals along the
way. Its current initiative to set standards for device interconnects as well as chip
holders and key healthcare diagnostic and therapeutic applications is designed to
drive down costs to end users as well as to address issues of industry
fragmentation while supporting the grand vision of personalized medicine. Matching
the characteristics of key markets and corporate R&D, the MF3 consortium will
extend its „footprint‟ to the USA in 2012 with a new cycle MF4 launching in Summer 2012.
“Many
thanks
for
- Christian Holtze BASF
all
your
efforts
in
planning
and
delivering
a
really
exciting
programme”
Contact: peter.hewkin@cfbi.com
Inclusive Design ID-2
ID-1 launched in 2010 in Cambridge and has held meetings in Munich, Berlin
and Basel, finishing up with a packed two-day meeting back in Cambridge.
Members including the BBC, Roche, Nestlé, Bayer, M&S, Royal Bank of
Scotland and Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete have been working together to
enable the design of new mainstream products that are usable by the greatest
possible proportion of the population. As populations get older this is not just a
social requirement but also a major commercial growth opportunity. The group
is now planning its second year, which will take the form of an Expert
Practitioners‟ Consortium, designated ID-10. A Steering Board is being set up to
advise on programme content, which will be chaired by David Wiggins of Nestlé.
In parallel with ID-10, the high level of interest from leading companies who weren‟t able to join ID-1 has led to CfBI planning
another ID „starter‟ Consortium – ID-2.
Contact rob.morland@cfbi.com
Coming Soon!
Working with its academic partners in Cambridge and beyond, CfBI is continually refining the processes which deliver member
benefits within its consortia. These fall broadly into the following aspects of Open Innovation:
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Doing more with less - sharing the costs to shape and be part of a larger programme
Collaborative advantage – achieving more as part of a group than as an individual player
Networking to find, choose and build relationships with relevant partners.
Behind the scenes CfBI‟s team are working with leading organisations to prepare new consortia on “Corporate Venturing” “New
Media Industries” and “Flow Chemistry” for launch in the autumn of 2012. We are also interested in discussions about “Green
Radio”, “Internet of Things”, “Personalized Medicine” and “Regenerative Medicine”.
For the latest information on our consortia, members and processes please visit www.cfbi.com or contact us on ceo@cfbi.com
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